Tuberc Respir Dis.  1997 Dec;44(6):1433-1439.

A Case of Bronchial Foreign Body Removal During Trans-Laryngeal Mask Airway Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy

• Suhr JW
• Kim JY
• Park KH
• Kang JG
• Choi J

Abstract

Bronchial foreign body is not a rare disease in children and it is urgently necessary to remove this foreign body from the airway to relive life or to prevent further damages and complications. But the innate small size of airways in infants makes it difficult to access by interventional methods such as intubation or bronchoscopy and etc. Laryngeal mask airway is a new way of method of airway management which is relatively recently introduced into medical practice. It gives way to access to airways without reducing the size of airway or incresing airway pressure during procedure through it and have many other advantages compared to the previous traditional endotracheal intubation, especially in infants. We successfully removed a case of bronchial foreign body, peanut, via laryngeal mask airway during fiberoptic bronchoscopy and by this method we can avoid the unnecessary tracheostomy in this 1 year old infant.

Keyword

Bronchial foreign body; Laryngeal mask airway; Bronchoscopy

MeSH Terms

Airway Management
Bronchoscopy*
Child
Foreign Bodies*
Humans
Infant
Intubation
Intubation, Intratracheal
Laryngeal Masks
Masks*
Rare Diseases
Tracheostomy